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74th Critérium International - 2.HC

France, March 26-27, 2005

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Stage 3 - March 27: Charleville-Mézières ITT, 8.3 km

CSC takes it all

Bobby Julich (CSC)
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The final time-trial of the Critérium International took place under typical northern France rain inside the city of Charleville-Mézières, and was largely dominated by Team CSC. Three riders of the Danish squad finished on the stage's podium, and Bobby Julich secured the overall win in front of Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) and Jörg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros). Julich, who had originally planned to work for his teammate Jens Voigt, won his second race today after being victorious at Paris-Nice.

"It was a shame for Jens that he couldn't go with the break this morning," Julich said. "But I had good legs so I jumped. I'm so happy; happy Easter to everyone! These past two weeks have been just great for me."

How it unfolded

Thomas Dekker (Rabobank)
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As Critérium International favourite Jens Voigt couldn't go with the decisive break in the morning's stage, the overall win being out of reach before starting the time trial, one could see that he had decided to make amends. With his teammate Kurt-Asle Arvesen leading, Voigt did everything in his power to win the stage, and topped Arvesen with a new best time of 10'08 as Julich, Jaksche and Dekker were still under way.

The roads were certainly not easy to ride, many corners and cobbled sections forced the riders to be careful. Young Thomas Dekker couldn't hold the pace of the CSC riders - although he won the silver medal of the World U23 TT Championships last year - and neither could Jaksche. Finally, Bobby Julich had found the ideal mixture of speed and caution on the slippery ground to take the victory, putting himself on top of the stage and general classification for the second time this season.

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Results

1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                 10.05
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                    0.03
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                             0.11
4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                           0.12
6 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                        0.17
7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                0.18
8 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          
9 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                0.22
10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                               0.23
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         
12 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           0.25
13 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               0.26
14 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                       0.31
15 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                0.32
17 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    0.33
18 Florent Brard (Fra) Agritubel                                   
19 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            0.34
20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     0.36
21 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
22 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                         
23 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                    0.37
24 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 
25 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                0.40
26 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               
27 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                           0.42
28 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
29 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone      0.43
30 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                       
31 David Munoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                      0.44
32 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                
33 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                        
34 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems               0.46
35 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            
36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                           
37 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     0.47
38 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    
39 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  0.48
40 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                      0.49
41 José Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana       0.50
42 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 
43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prevoyance                        0.51
44 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                    0.52
45 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
46 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                     0.53
47 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
48 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        
49 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel                             0.55
50 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    0.56
51 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          
52 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                  
53 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
54 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
54 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   
56 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                        0.57
57 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                             0.58
58 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi                        1.00
59 Jose Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana                  
60 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                   1.02
61 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             1.03
62 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                      1.04
63 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             1.05
64 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                       1.06
65 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
66 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                           1.07
67 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                     1.08
68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                       1.09
69 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                     1.10
70 Swen Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      
71 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.13
72 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         1.14
73 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          1.15
74 Francisco Lararuiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                      1.18
75 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech           1.19
76 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         
77 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                 1.20
78 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel                            
79 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              1.22
80 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            1.24
81 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare               
82 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                1.25
83 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                       
84 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel                              1.29
85 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                       1.33
86 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  1.39
87 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                2.02
88 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        2.06
89 Andréas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                          2.42
 
Points
 
1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                    15 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                      12
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                               10
4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                    8
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                              7
6 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                           6
7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                   5
8 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         4
9 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                   3
10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  2
 
Young rider
 
1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                10.16
2 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                0.07
3 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                0.11
4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                0.12
5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                        0.20
6 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             0.23
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 0.29
8 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                             0.33
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         
10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  0.37
11 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             0.39
12 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.41
13 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                     0.42
14 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        
15 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               0.45
16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
16 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   
18 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi                        0.49
19 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                   0.51
20 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                 0.55
21 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                       0.58
22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                     0.59
23 Swen Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      
24 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.02
25 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         1.03
26 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          1.04
27 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            1.13
28 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                1.14
29 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                1.51
 
Teams
 
1 Team CSC                                                    30.29
2 Rabobank                                                     0.52
3 Comunidad Valenciana                                         1.06
4 Gerolsteiner                                                 1.14
5 Agritubel                                                    1.31
6 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                               1.40
7 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                   1.42
8 Credit Agricole                                              1.46
9 Bouygues Telecom                                             2.00
10 Phonak Hearing Systems                                      2.09
11 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                            2.11
12 Ag2r Prevoyance                                             2.12
13 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                        2.22
14 T-Mobile Team                                               2.27
15 Française Des Jeux                                          2.32
16 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                     2.39
17 Liquigas-Bianchi                                            2.42
18 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                           2.50
 
Final general classification
 
1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                               7.12.08
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                 0.08
3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                0.23
4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                    0.50
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                    1.28
6 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                1.43
7 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                 1.57
9 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                        2.06
10 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                            2.09
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone     2.12
12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                          2.16
13 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                              2.21
14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                               2.27
15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  2.35
16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     2.40
17 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone      2.41
18 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                   2.47
19 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                            2.48
20 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     2.54
21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                    2.55
22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                2.56
23 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                               3.00
25 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           3.04
26 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                 3.10
27 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                       3.15
28 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                      3.16
29 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                     3.28
30 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                   3.31
31 Jose Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana              3.41
32 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                           4.03
33 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                     5.13
34 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                               7.09
35 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    7.20
36 Florent Brard (Fra) Agritubel                                   
37 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            7.21
38 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                    7.24
39 David Munoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                      7.31
40 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems               7.33
41 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            
42 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     7.34
43 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    
44 José Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana       7.37
45 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 
46 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prevoyance                        7.38
47 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                    7.39
48 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                     7.40
49 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
50 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        
51 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel                             7.42
52 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    7.43
53 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          
54 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
55 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                             7.45
56 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi                        7.47
57 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             7.50
58 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                      7.51
59 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             7.52
60 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                       7.53
61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                       7.56
62 Swen Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  7.57
63 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          7.58
64 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         8.00
65 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         8.01
66 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                 8.02
67 Francisco Lararuiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                      8.05
68 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech           8.06
69 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         
70 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel                        8.07
71 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              8.09
72 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            8.11
73 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare               
74 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                8.12
75 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                       
76 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel                              8.16
77 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                       8.20
78 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  8.26
79 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                8.49
80 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        8.53
81 Andréas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                          9.29
82 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           9.55
83 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            10.17
84 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    10.22
85 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       10.36
86 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                       10.37
87 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                          10.47
88 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                    11.56
89 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                      20.13
 
Points classification
 
1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                    25 pts
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                   23
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                      22
4 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              15
5 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  12
6 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                  12
7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                               10
8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                       8
9 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         8
10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                             7
11 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                       7
12 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                          6
13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                   5
14 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                    5
15 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             4
16 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                 3
17 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                  3
18 Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel                                 3
19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  2
20 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     2
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  36 pts
2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                    19
3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                    8
4 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                     8
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                       4
6 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              4
7 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      3
8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          2
9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                       2
10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone        1
11 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                              7.12.16
2 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                1.35
3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                2.19
4 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   2.27
5 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                             2.40
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                     2.47
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 2.48
8 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                       
9 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                2.52
10 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                 3.02
11 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                     3.20
12 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                   3.23
13 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                               7.01
14 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            7.13
15 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             7.29
16 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                     7.32
17 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        
18 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               7.35
19 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi                        7.39
20 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                       7.48
21 Swen Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  7.49
22 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          7.50
23 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         7.52
24 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         7.53
25 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            8.03
26 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                8.04
27 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                8.41
28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       10.28
29 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                      20.05
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                 21.38.10
2 Rabobank                                                     2.07
3 Comunidad Valenciana                                         5.05
4 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                   9.18
5 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                            11.13
6 Phonak Hearing Systems                                      11.44
7 Française Des Jeux                                          11.45
8 Gerolsteiner                                                11.54
9 Ag2r Prevoyance                                             12.23
10 Credit Agricole                                            13.35
11 Agritubel                                                  15.22
12 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                    16.57
13 Liquigas-Bianchi                                           17.02
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                          17.10
15 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                       21.11
16 T-Mobile Team                                              21.16
17 Bouygues Telecom                                           21.52
18 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                             23.22